Chair desk



Dec. 8,1925. f 1.5653214 C. L. SMITH ET AL CHAIR DES K Filed Oct. 51. 1924 2 SheetS-I-Sheet 1 ,n 911194@ mmm! lill Mmm* l 5 C. L. SMITH ET AL Filed Oct, 3l. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 www Patented Dec. 8, i225.

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CHARLES L. Sldlfl AND ED'WliB-D E. BEERICK, 0F BEF:

CORRECT POSTURE SEATING CMPATY, 0F BELFAST, .THU-E..

MAINE.

CHAR DESK.

Application filed ctober 3l, 1924.

To al? vnl/0m t may cof/acera.'

Be it known that we, @Maniacs L. SMITH and EDWARD l. Romeinen, citizens of the llnited States, residing at Belfast, in the county of lWaldo and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Chair Desks; and we hereby decl are that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this speciication.

This invention is a novel improvement in chair-desks, and one object of our invention is to provide a simple, novel, and substantial combined chair and desk for use in school rooms, lecture halls, and the like, which will tend to cause the person seated therein to assume a correct sitting posture by reason of the construction of the back of the chair.

Another object of our invention is to provide a novel chair-desk having a book compartment located at the right-hand side of the chair, said compartment having a hinged top or cover, which normally serves, when closed, as an arm-rest for the desk, said top or cover being disposed in the plane of the desk.

A still further object of our invention is to provide a correct-posture chair-desk embodying certain novel features of construction, hereinafter set forth, to produce a simple, substantial, and sturdy chair-desk.

le will explain our invention with respect to the accompanying drawings which illustrate one practical embodiment thereof to enable others to adopt and use the same, and will summarize in the claims the essen tials of the invention, the novel features of construction, and novel combinations of parts for all of which protection is desired.

ln said drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of our novel chair-desk.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Fig. 4l is a side elevation looking towards the left-hand side of the chair-desk.

Fig. 5 is another perspective view of the chair-desk.

Fig. 6 is a partial side elevation looking` towards the right-hand side of the chairdesk.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail section on the line 7-7 Fig. 2.

Serial No. 746,990.

ed section on the line l l0 is an enlarged section on the line lll- 10, Fig. 9.

Fig. ll is a view looking down into the book compartment.

Fig. l2 is a detail section on the line l2 12, rig. 11.

Fig. i3 is a detail view of the bolt connection between the rear leg` and desk support.

Fig. 145: is a detail section on the line ltlt, Fig. 13.

As shown in the drawings, the chair-desk comprises a chair having a desk top mounted on an extension of the right front legs of the chair, and a book compartment disposed at the right-hand side of the chair and having a hinged top lying in the plane of the desk top to forni an arm rest for the desk.

The chair is preferably armless, and comprises a seat l, preferably of the saddle-seat type, supported on rear legs 2, and front legs l and Ll, the rear legs 2 extending above the seat l, in the usual manner, at 2a, to support the back rests or slats, and said parts 2LL preferably sloping` slightly to the rear above the level of the seat l, as shown in Fig. 4. The adjacent legs 2, 3 and fl, are preferably connected together immediately below the seat l by means of members 5,-

which preferably have their ends reduced, as at 5a, (Figs. 9 and 10) to lit the mortises such as 3a (Figs. 9 and l0) in the legs, said reduced ends 5ab being secured therein in any desired manner. The ends of the reduced portions 5a which would normally meet at the intersections of the mortises in the legs, are preferably cut away as at 5b for half their widths so as to permit a portion of the parts 53L to extend to the center of the legs, as shown in Fig. 10.

The legs are further braced by members G., disposed below the members 5, and extending between adjacent legs and having their ends mortised into the legs in any desired manner.

rlhe seat l is preferably fastened down upon the members 5 by means of screws 5c passing upwardly through said members, as shown in Fig. 2.

Between the upper ends 2a of the rear legs 2 is a back rest 7, slightly curved as shown (lil lil@

in Fig. 3, and shaped to fit the back of a person seated on the chair, the outer ends of said back-rest 7 beingv preferably fitted into recesses il@ in the top front faces of the parts 2", as shown in Fig'. '11, and secured in place preferably by screnf's.

Below the back-i 7 is a slat 8 of slightly greater radius of curratnre than that of the back rest 7, and disposed adjacent the rear faces of the legs 21, so as to be disposed to the rear of the back rest 7, as shown in Fig'. d. By the above construction, the back of the person seated in the chair will touch and be supported by only the back rest 7, and cannot touch the slat 8, thereby necessit-ating` the person to sit in an upright position in order to be seated comfortably therein, and hence tendinag` to induce a correct sitting; posture.

As shown in the drawings, the right front leg elof the chair is of special construction, and has a portion a extending above the level of the seat 1. The portion L1A"L of the legr fflis widened about 2% times its normal width, and extends to a level slightly above the top of slat 8, and is adapted to support, on its upper end, the desk top 9.

The upper inner corner of portion #La is recessed as at tb to receive a desk supper' 10, extending from the adjacent rear les' 2 beyond the front leef if and the front of the chair, said support 10 sloping;l sligzjhtly rearwardly and downwardly. as shown in Fig'. el, so as to give the desk 9 the saine desired inclination. The upper face of the support 10 is preferably flush with the upper edge of the portion 4a at their intersection, and the desk top 9 is fastened directly thereon.

Desk top 9 is preferably rectangular in shape and of slightly greater Width than that of the chair, and fastened down upon the support 10 by screws 10a as shown in F ig. 14, and in addition thereto, by means of a small bracket 11 disposed substantially parallel to the support 10, and located near the outer upper corner of the portion 4"' as shown in Finis. 2, 3, 11, 5, and 6; also by means of a substantial. bracket 12 disposed along the inner face of the portion el@ of les; Ll underthe top 9 as shown, to support the desk top 9 transversely of the support 10. The edge of the desk 9, opposite the support 10, is preferably splined as at 9a to prevent splitting, and in the top front edge of desk 9 .is a groove 9b for the reception of pencils, and the like. :in the outer right hand corner of the desk is a circular hole 9c (Figs. 3 and 7) adapted to receive an inkWell support 13, adapted to receive an inkvvell or bottle of the usual type. The inkwell support 13 preferably comprises a wooden cupshaped member such as shown in Fie: 7 adapted to be fastened in the circular hole 9C, of diameter equal to the exterior diameter of the inkwell support 13, in any desired manner, such as by friction, screw-threads, glue, or the like.

The book compartment is disposed at the right hand side of the chair, immediately to the rear of the widened upper portion i-'1 of the right front leg of the chair, and the widened portion la of the les; forms the front of the book compartment, as shown in the drawings. The seat 1 of the chair extended as at 1a on this side, to form the boti tom of the compartment, ane is preferably provided with a plurality (three beine` shown) of perforations 11 in said extended portion 11, to ventilato the interior of the compartment. The outer side member of the compartment is preferably wooden. and extends from the outer rear edge of the portion Lia to a point opposite the front fr ce of the adjacent rear l 2, and prefere- Ly has its front end inset in a groove d in the portion Il@ so as'to be flush with the outer edfie of said portion. lirember 14C also extends from the extended portion 1a of the seat 1. up to the plane of the under side of the desk top 9, said side member 141; being screwed. or otherwise secured, to the extended end of the seat 1.

The inner side member 15 of the book compartment extends from the inner rear edge of the widened upper portion 4; ot leg;` 1.1-, in a similar manner to member 1e, back to the front face of the adjacent rear leg` 2l of the chair, said side member 15 being preferably substantially twice as thick as side member 111 as shown in Fig. 8, and is inset in a groove l in the portion di of les,- 4 in a manner similar to side member 14, the side member 15 extending; from the seat 1 up to the under side of the support 10. as shown in Figs. 12. 13, and 14.

The rear member 16 ot the book com pa rtment extends from the rear end of side member 14 to the front face of the upper portion 2a of the lee; Q of the chair, :is shown in Figs. 3 and 11.

rlhe upper face of support 10, in way of the book compartment, is preferably flush with the upper face of the desk top 9, as

shown in Fig. G. and is provided on its out- 1 er edge with a recess 1021 adapted to receive the cover 17 of the compartment. which cover is preferably hinged as at ,17"L to th(l support 10. and normally lies in the plane of the desk top 9 and serves as an arm-rest when using` the desk. The lower outer corner of support 10, in Way of the compartment, may be beveled as at. 10b to facilitate the removal of books and the like from the compartment.

Preferably the under side of the cover 17 is `arooved as at 17b receive a suitable gasket or bumper 18. of rubber or any other desired material.

The rear end of support 10, as shown in lll) through the rear leg 2 and into a bore l()x extending longitudinally through the support l0. intersecting the bore 102" is a recess lily adapted to receive a nut 19u on the end of bolt 19. By tightening up the nut 19a the support l() will be drawn against the leg 2, Within the groove 2X formed in the front face of said leg.

Similarly, a bolt 2() as shown in Figs. 2,V

3, 4l, and ll, is passed through the upper end of the bracket l2 and into a bore in the inner 'i simple in construction, durable,

face of the portion la of leg 4. At the inner end of said bore, and opening into the interior of the book compartment is a recess :'Ldapted to receive a nut on the end of bolt 20. By tightening up the said nut, the upper end of the main bracket l2 may be firmly bound to the leg et, and Will take most of the strain imposed on said bracket.

Our correct-posture chair-desk is and sturdy and the back of the chair is so constructed that the back of the person seated therein Will touch and be supported only by the top slat 7 or back rest, but Will not touch the sl at 8, thereby tending to induce an erect sitting posture; the book compartment at the side of the chair, With the hinged cover, forms an arm-rest for the desk; the heavy front leg t and the extended seat l form the front and the bottom respectively of the book compartment; the support l0 Which supports the desk top 9 extends back to the rear leg 2a and is securely fastened thereto, and the bracket l2 supports the desk 9 in the opposite direction; the heavy .inner member l5 of the box connecting the front leg 4; to the rear leg 2, reduces the possibility of the parts of the chair desk Working loose.

The chair-desks may of course be made in various sizes to suit various purposes, and We do not limit our invention to the exact form shown in the drawings, for obviously minor changes in the details of construction thereof may be made Within the scope of the invention.

W e claim l. A chair having one front leg extended above the chair seat, and a compartment to the rear of said leg, the leg forming the front end of said compartment, and the chair seat forming the bottom of the compartment.

2. A chair having a front leg extended above the chair seat, and increased in Width above said seat; and a compartment at the rear of said leg above the seat, the leg forming the front end of said compartment, and the chair seat being extended and forming the bottom of said compartment.

3. A chair having a front leg extended above the seat, and substantially increased in width above said seat; a compartment in rear of the widened part of the leg; said leg forming the front end of said compartment, and the chair seat forming the bottom of the compartment; and a cover hinged to the top of said compartment.

A chair desk having one front leg extended above the chair seat, said leg being of substantial Width; a desk mounted upon said leg; and a book compartment at the rear of said leg, the leg forming the front end of said compartment, and the seat forming the bottom of said compartment.

5. A chair desk having one front leg extended above the chair seat, and increased in Width about the seat; a desk mounted upon said leg; and a book compartment at the rear of said leg above said seat, the leg forming the front end of said compartment, and the seat being extended to form the bottom of said compartment.

6. A chair desk, having a front leg extended above the chair seat, and substantially increased in Width -above said seat; a desk xedly mounted upon said leg; and a book compartment comprising side members and a rear end member disposed at the rear of said leg, said leg forming the front end of said compartment, and the chair seat forming the bottom of said compartment.

7. A chair desk having a front leg extended above the chair seat, and substantially increased in Width above said seat; a desk mounted upon said leg; and a book compartment comprising side members disposed to the rear of said leg and extending to a point opposite the rear end of the chair; and a rear end member for said coml partment; said leg forming the front end of said compartment, and the chair seat being extended to form the bottom of said compartment.

8. A chair desk having a front leg extended above the level of the chair seat, the leg above said chair seat being substantially increased in Width; a desk mounted upon said leg; and a book compartment comprising side members and a rear end member disposed to the rear of said leg; said leg forming the front end of said compartment and the chair seat forming the bottom of said compartment; and a cover for said compartment disposed in the plane of said desk to normally serve as an arm rest.

9. A chair desk having a front leg extended above the level of the chair seat, the leg above said chair seat being substantially increased in Width; a desk mounted upon said leg; and a book compartment comprising side members disposed to the rear of said leg and extending to a point opposite the rear end of the chair; and a rear end member for said compartment and the chair seat forming the bottom of seid compartment; said leg forming the front end of said compartment; and a hinged cover for said compartment disposed in the plane of said desk to normally serve as an arm rest.

10. ln a Chair desk, having a front leg extended above the level of the chair seat; a book Compartment comprising side members and o real' end member disposed to the rear of seid leg; seid leg forming the front end of seid compartment and the chair seat being extended to form the bottom of said compartment.

ll. In Combination with e chair desk, a book compartment disposed to one side of the Chair above the seat and Comprising side members and a rear end member; the adjacent 'front leg of the @heir extending above the seat and Yforming the front end of seid Compartment, the seat beingv extended to form. the bottom ot said compartment; and a @over for seid compartment disposed in the plane of the desk.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own We Hin our signatures.

CHARLES L. SMITH. EDVARD E. RODERCK. 

